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Conflicting interactions between elephant habitats and human settlements; a case of Hambanthota

Herat, HMM; Abenayake, C; Wattege, P; Fernando, KD [Conference-Full-text]

Conflicts between human and elephants are one of the most widespread regional issues in Sri Lanka, particularly in the dry zone. Moreover, human-elephant conflict is increasing, predominantly in areas where expansion of ...
Decision tree application for model built-up land fragmentation in urban areas

Ranaweera, N; Jayasinghe, A; Abenayake, C [Conference-Extended-Abstract]

Land fragmentation can define as the “situation where one area/unit is composed of a large number of parcels that are too small for their rational utilization” [5]. Land fragmentation affects sustainable development through ...
Ecosystem services-based composite indicator for assessing community resilience to floods

Abenayake, C; Mikami, Y; Matsuda, Y; Jayasinghe, A [Article-Full-text]

Disaster resilience studies have acknowledged the role of the natural environment in reinforcing community resilience; however, pragmatic environmental indicators are lacking, particularly geospatial composite indicators. ...
Evaluating the age-friendliness of transport system in Sri Lankan cities

Ranasinghe, R; Hewawasam, C; Abenayake, C [Conference-Full-text]

Nowadays as one of the key areas of urban planning and design, health concerns of the community, with high vulnerability on older population have re-appear. Over the time, the elderly population around the world are predicted ...
Modelling vegetation land fragmentation in urban areas of Western Province, Sri Lanka using an Artificial Intelligence-based simulation technique

Jayasinghe, A; Ranaweera, N; Abenayake, C; Bandara, N; De Silva, C [Article-Full-text]

Vegetation land fragmentation has had numerous negative repercussions on sustainable development around the world. Urban planners are currently avidly investigating vegetation land fragmentation due to its effects on ...
Study On Level Of Vegetation Land Fragmentation In Western Province, Sri Lanka

Ranaweera, MNN; Jayasinghe, AB; Abenayake, C [Article-Full-text]

Muthurajawela Marsh and Negombo Lagoon have lost their marshland and mangroves from 41% and 21% accordingly from 1997 to 2017. Vegetation land fragmentation (VLF) is the foremost reason that accelerates the vegetation cover ...
Thermal comfort modeling on urban streets

Mendis, L; Jayasinghe, A; Abenayake, C [Conference-Full-text]

“Walkability” is a vital constituent on Urban Streets and is a sustainable transportation mode for pedestrians in highly urbanized cities. Psychological comfort of pedestrians is predominantly defined by enhancing walkability ...
Trading disaster:containers and container thinking in the production of climate precarity

Parsons, L; de Campos, RS; Moncaster, A; Cook, I; Siddiqui, T; Abenayake, C; Jayasinghe, AB; Mishra, P; Billah, T [Article-Full-text]

This paper examines how global trade shapes and intensifies disasters. Juxtaposing three basic, everyday consumer goods – a t-shirt, a brick, and a tea bag – with disasters manifesting in their respective global supply ...
Urban flood modeling application: Assess the effectiveness of building regulation in coping with urban flooding under precipitation uncertainty

Piyumi, MMM; Abenayake, C; Jayasinghe, A; Wijegunarathna, E [Article-Full-text]

This research evaluates the effectiveness of planning and building regulations in coping with urban flooding under different precipitation scenarios. Accordingly, the study simulated seven alternative scenarios considering the ...

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